- indie rock, rock
- 78 min
- 24 tracks
- Jeepster Recordings
Songs for Polarbears is the debut studio album by Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 31 August 1998 in the United Kingdom, and 12 October in the United States.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork Media8.1/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Downhill From Here3:25
- 2Starfighter Pilot3:20
- 3The Last Shot Ringing In My Ears4:28
- 4Absolute Gravity2:47
- 5Get Balsamic Vinegar…Quick You Fool3:28
- 6Mahogany2:48
- 7NYC4:28
- 8Little Hide2:43
- 9Make Up2:14
- 10Velocity Girl4:39
- 11Days Without Paracetamol3:33
- 12Fifteen Minutes Old3:09
- 13Favourite Friend2:48
- 14One Hundred Things You Should Have Done In Bed2:12
- 15Market Place3:50
- 16Sticky Teenage Twin2:09
- 17Limited Edition2:34
- 18Jj1:49
- 19My Last Girlfriend3:01
- 20T.M.T2:54
- 21I Could Stay Away Forever4:29
- 22When You’re Right, You’re Right3:32
- 23Raze the City4:21
- 24Riot, Please2:51
24 tracks, 78 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Snow Patrol
- Label
- Jeepster Recordings
- Released
- August 30, 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- AU
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